What does ultimus mean in Latin?

ultimus, a adjective, means “the furthest or farthest, most distant, most remote, the utmost or uttermost, extreme, last; last, final, ultimate, end; (denoting a part from a bigger whole) the farthest or most distant part of, the end, edge or tip of”.

How do you pronounce ultimus?

In classical Latin, [ˈʊɫ.tɪ.mʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈul.ti.mus].

ultimus, ultima, ultimum — meaning & declension

Meaning

superlativethe furthest or farthest, most distant, most remote, the utmost or uttermost, extreme, last
“Ōceanī fīnem iuxtā sōlemque cadentemultimus Aethiopum locus est, [...].” “Near Ocean’s end and the setting sun is the furthest place [on earth]: Ethiopia, ….”29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.480–481
superlativetemporallast, final, ultimate, end
ad ultimumat last, finally, at the last moment
“Nōs dēlūbra deum miserī, quibus ultimus esset“We wretched [Trojans], for whom that was to be our final day, adorn the shrines of the gods with festival garlands throughout the city.” (Believing that the war has ended the Trojans celebrate the presence of the wooden horse as a divine blessing.)29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 2.248–249
superlative(denoting a part from a bigger whole) the farthest or most distant part of, the end, edge or tip of something
in ultimīs aedibusin the backmost part of the house

In the readers how our graded readers gloss it

last

ultimus — in Seneca, ch. XVIII

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Extremus · Ultimus · Postremus · Novissimus

Extremus and ultimus denote the last in a continuous magnitude, in a space; extremus, the outermost part of a space, or of a surface, in opp. to intimus and medius, Cic. N. D. ii. 27, 54. Cluent. 65, like ἔσχατος; ultimus (superl. from ollus), the outermost point of a line, in opp. to citimus and proximus. Cic. Somn. 3. Prov. cons. 18. Liv. v. 38, 41, like λοῖσθος. Whereas postremus and novissimus denote the last in a discrete quantity, or magnitude consisting of separate parts, in a row of progressive numbers; postremus, the last in a row that is completed, in which it occupies the last place, in opp. to those that precede it, primus, princeps, tertius, like ὕστατος; whereas novissimus denotes the last in a row that is not complete, in which, as the last comer, it occupies the last place, in opp. to that which has none to follow it, but is last of all, like νέατος.

Declension

singular
form	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ultimus	ultima	ultimum
genitive	ultimī	ultimae	ultimī
dative	ultimō	ultimae	ultimō
accusative	ultimum	ultimam	ultimum
ablative	ultimō	ultimā	ultimō
vocative	ultime	ultima	ultimum

plural
form	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ultimī	ultimae	ultima
genitive	ultimōrum	ultimārum	ultimōrum
dative	ultimīs	ultimīs	ultimīs
accusative	ultimōs	ultimās	ultima
ablative	ultimīs	ultimīs	ultimīs
vocative	ultimī	ultimae	ultima

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

ultimae terrae: the most distant countries, the world's end.
disiunctissimas ultimas terras peragrare (not permigrare): to travel through the most remote countries.
repetere ab ultima (extrema, prisca) antiquitate (vetustate), ab heroicis temporibus: to go back to the remote ages.

ultĭmus, a, um, v. ulter, II.

Origins

Superlative of ulter, from Proto-Italic *oltm̥mos, whence also Oscan 𐌞𐌋𐌕𐌉𐌖𐌌𐌀𐌌 (últiumam, acc sg fem).

Descendants

Catalanúltim
Englishultimate
Englishultimatum
Frenchultime
Italianultimo
Portugueseúltimo
Romanianultim
Sardinianùltimu
Sardinianùrtimu
Sardinianultimunu